Hello,
half a year ago I bought a Focusrite Scarlett 2i2 3d gen and was glad that it worked out of the box on Linux with Jack, even at high sampling rates. I used it with a microphone, E-Guitar and E-Bass. All was fine.
Than I saw this software modular synth like Carla (maybe it's the same with VCV Rack) and start playing around with it while using headphone jack in the Scarlet. It works a while but suddenly the headphone preamp was getting more and more damaged (more and more distortion) and I send it back to the seller.
So after some weeks I got a brand new Scarlett from the seller and he confirmed, that the old one was totally broken.
Now again, the new one start to be damaged again and I will send it back.
Am I just a unlucky guy or is sound coming out modular synths dangerous for professional hardware?
Does others have observed this with other hardware and modular synth? Am I doing something wrong?